CELEXA Reviews (CITALOPRAM HYDROBROMIDE)Average Rating: 3.2 (1105 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CELEXA with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CELEXA | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Anxiety (SAD) | Constant yawning, dry mouth, insomnia, diarhea, stoned feeling, lethargic | This medication is really helping so far. The side effects are not too bad. I am taking 20 mg now. My main concern is waking up throughout the night. I am going to continue taking Celexa for a few more weeks to see if my sleep cycle corrects itself. I would recommend Celexa for anxiety. I tried Ativan previously without any relief. | F | 28 | 7 days | 9/25/2007 | 5 | Anxiety | first week to 10 days I felt so energetic that I thought I could run a marathon After that it levled off to me feeling normal. Some mild consitpation | I started taking Celexa for anxiety that I had suffered with for about 15 - 20 years. It had gotten to the point that it was s so bad that I was not able to have any nights of uninterupted sleep. I started at 10mg and after a week or two went to 20 mgs. This medication was amazing. Within 2 weeks my anxiety left and has never returned. I also started sleeping like I never had before. When my head hit the pillow I was out until the morning. It was just wonderful. I was on Celexa for about 3 years then decided that I didn't need it anymore. Going off it (I weaned myself off on my own) I had some mood swings, so I just went even slower weaning myself off. After awhile I started feeling that energietc feeling that I had when I first started it. It lasted about week. Then I was back to myself. It's been two years and my anxiety has never returned. | F | 49 | 3 years | 9/22/2007 | 4 | Anxiety/Depression/Eating Disorder | YAWN, YAWN, YAWN, YAWN!!! And wacked out CRAZY random dreams every night, Brain snaps (I saw someone else call it that, but it's hard to describe), No decrease in sex drive, just delayed orgasm, and sex feels so much better without it. | Celexa has worked wonders for me psychologically. I am much happier, and not at all as anxious as I used to be. I loved the giddy, "I can't ever stop smiling" effect it had on me the first 4 or 5 days or using it or increasing my dosage. I now take 40mg. The side effects SUCK though (except for the crazy dreams, I kind of like them!) But I stopped taking them for a week because I ran out and didn't refill... and all the side effects went away, and sex felt out of this world amazing. But it's worth the trade off because I feel like I will be able to stop taking it soon. | F | 19 | 1 years | 9/14/2007 | 2 | depression/anxiety | Sleepiness, Problems having an orgasm. Just didn't help my depression. Slow thought process. | Started out on 20 and that didn't help so the doc bumped me up to 40. You can kiss you orgasm goodbye on this drug. Did not help my depression at all. It did seem to help my aggression. Gave me major tics. I will just be sitting and a part of my body would jump...thought I had Tourette's Syndrome. I am weaning myself off slowly and plan to go back to zoloft. | F | 27 | 6 days | 9/14/2007 | 3 | ANXIETY/PANIC ATTACKS | GAINED 20 POUNDS IN 3 MONTHS!!!!!! DRY MOUTH AND LEG CRAMPS WENT AWAY AFTER A FEW WEEKS. | HELPED WITH PANIC ATTACKS, BUT NOW I'M FAT!!!! | F | 28 | 7 months | 9/13/2007 | 5 | anxiety | Started at 20mg, upped it to 40mg, now on 60mg. The first few days after an increase, I didn't feel like me. I was tired and felt very sedated. That all went away. The only side effect now - really weird dreams. Not bad ones, just weird. | I love it! It has changed my life completely. I got to a point in my anxiety where I couldn't drive. The speed limit would be 65, and I was too scared to drive more than 50mph. Now I'm back to 70mph and it's great! I can do so much more. I'm not scared on high, narrow mountain paths. I went back to college. I see my friends and family more. I'm happy again instead of paranoid. I truly feel free. | F | 27 | 8 months | 9/8/2007 | 1 | Anxiety | SEVERE Insomnia, numbness (felt like a zombie), cognitive impairment - couldn't grasp simple concepts. Do not take this drug, it almost ruined my life | I have nothing good to say about Celexa, it quickly turned me into a zombie, no feeling good or bad. Initially I was tired all the time even if I slept, now I can't sleep at all. I am weaning off this drug and it is real tough....I am unable to work and am forced to take time off to hopefully get my cognitive ability back. Horrible stuff | M | 40 | 60 days | 9/8/2007 | 4 | depression and anxiety | first week, gastrointestinal issues: diarrhea, nausea, sleepiness. These faded after a few weeks. What continued was pretty regular "spasms," just lasting less than a second. But worst was weight gain. | Was FABULOUS at first, felt the "fog" lifting and I had FOCUS and didn't worry about usual small things that bugged me. After about a month though, it started to work less. After two months I figured out that all I'd have to do was raise the dosage, but the weight gain made me have to quit (I'd just spent a year taking off 80 lbs). | F | 37 | 2 months | 8/29/2007 | 1 | anxiety | "Stoned" feeling, as if nothing mattered, could not work, slept all day every day, lethargic | My doctor prescribed me 10 mg of Celexa on top of my 300 mg of Wellbutrin because of the anxiety I was having. Well, the Celexa canceled out the Wellbutrin, making me exhausted, stoned, sleepy, etc. I ended up sleeping all day every day I took it, even with the Wellbutrin-- which was terrible, because I was skipping work and unable to function. It felt like a sedative. When I was awake I felt floaty and "stoned," unable to care about or work on anything. Maybe it made me happier, but if I can't function there's no point. I quit after a week and my anxiety on Wellbutrin eventually improved. | F | 28 | 7 days | 8/20/2007 | 2 | depression with anxiety | sleepy-zonked out and dizzy on this med. Also nauseous. | I had such an adverse strong reaction to the Celexa the first day that I immediately called the doc and said unh-unh. It maybe helpful to others, but I could not stay the course on it. | F | 51 | 1 days | 8/16/2007 | 4 | Depression | (on 10mg) Very vivid and detailed dreams every night, slight nausea the first couple days I took it. In withdrawal: weak, dizzy, nauseated most of the day, began to feel disconnected again, dull headache that lasted for four/five days after started taking it again. | I forgot to take it for about a week once-- I didn't even realize I was going through withdrawal at first. Wasn't very fun. As for celexa's effectiveness, it does keep me from being caught up in the loop of depressing thoughts. I feel like I have more energy and more readily go out and do things, feel more like myself. Still, I'm a bit wary about increasing the dosage. | M | 19 | 4 months | 8/11/2007 | 5 | anxiety | At the beginning my anxiety increased. Over a period of 8 weeks my anxiety subsided and has helped me tremendously. | F | 2 years | 8/8/2007 | 3 | Depression | Initially, nausea was terrible. I had a lot of vagina dryness and couldn't orgasm, fortunately that symptom went away and did not return. I found that it did have that giddy effect when it starts to get really into your system. That lasted about two weeks and started about two to three weeks in. Diminished sex drive was there from the beginning - but I didn't notice at first because I has scarely any left with the depression. This got even worse over time. I also had ringing in the ears which might have been connected. Weight gain was significant - about 30 lbs. This did not do away when I stopped taking it. Increasing severity of symptoms especially night sweats and return of depression. | Think it was about 3 years. Celexa was a great drug while it worked. There needed to be a gradual increasing of the dose for effectiveness and side effects got worse. The doctor finally decided that there was no point in continuing - it had really stopped working for my depression. It wasn't the right drug for me in the end, but there was no negative effects to stopping it cold turkey. When it was working, the side effects were a worthwhile trade off. If you are someone for whom antidepressants "poop out" I'd consider it. If you are someone who has no weight issues, I'd consider it. I'd avoid it if you are already obese or have a condition that tends to nausea as a first choice. | F | 39 | 3 years | 8/8/2007 | 3 | Depression/OCD | Tiredness, lack of energy | The OCD was assisted with celexa but I was really tired all the time. I was put on this after I had severe side effects on Paroxetine - just not the drug for me. I am trying Prozac at the moment and waiting to see if this is the drug for me | F | 27 | 1 years | 8/4/2007 | 4 | anxiety/depression | Weight gain.Incessant yawning! Flu-like symptoms when coming off it. | Have had three separate times on Celexa-each prompted by extreme anxiety and depression.Stayed on drug around 12 months each time. Didn't think weight gain was caused by Celexa at time but now realize that it's a major side effect for me. Drug helped a lot with depression and anxiety but I am reluctant to start on it again but my increasing feelings of fear and dread tell me that I will soon have to.Was wondering whether Wellbutrin would be a better choice. | F | 46 | 12 months | 7/29/2007 | 3 | Depression | Initially while getting used to Celexa (I started at only 10mg for the first week) it made my heart feel racy, I had no appetite (thus lost weight), was sleeping all day and felt completely jittery and anxious at night. Those went away and tapered off after about 1-2 months. | Celexa has helped with depression, I'm not as weepy as I used to be. | F | 23 | 8 months | 7/19/2007 | 4 | Generalized Anxiety | Fatigue, rapid heart beat. The first few days I had dry mouth and shortness of breath. | Does help alleviate physical symptoms of anxiety. | F | 25 | 16 days | 7/16/2007 | 3 | GAD | Heavy Night Sweeting, Tiredness for 2 hrs after taking, delayed orgasm (not a bad thing for a man) | Taking 10mg a day. Recently diagnosed with GAD after feeling unwell, IBS, headaches, nausea for a year. I think this could work for me, but I fear become dependant and have decided to try to handle my condition without the help of drugs if I can. | M | 41 | 7 days | 7/16/2007 | 2 | depression | Emotionally numb. Felt like being on "automatic pilot" all the time. Irritable. Restless sleep. Bruxism. Never lifted my mood, felt just as depressed but "removed" from it, if that makes sense...e.g. very sad but unable to cry. Loss of appetite. Loss of sex drive. Headaches. Tense. | F | 33 | 1 months | 7/13/2007 | 4 | depression after a hysterectomy | At first, hyper and weight gain | I worry about long-time effects of using Celexa. I use more for anxiety now instead of depression. | F | 53 | 13 years | 7/11/2007 |